Samsung Galaxy Ring unlikely to go official with the Galaxy S24 series in Q1 2024

The Samsung Galaxy Ring, rumored to go official in January 2024 with the Galaxy S24 lineup, is now expected to be unveiled in Q3 2024 or Q1 2025, reports Korean publication The Elec. The publication claims that the Samsung Galaxy Ring's design isn't finalized, and the Ring, in its current stage, supports multiple features but is too large for commercialization....

OnePlus Watch 2 tipped to launch in 2024

OnePlus launched its first smartwatch, called OnePlus Watch, in March 2021, which was more of a glorified fitness tracker than a proper smartwatch. OnePlus no longer sells the OnePlus Watch through its official website, but we hear the brand will launch its successor next year. Word comes from tipster Max Jambor, who claimed the OnePlus Watch 2 will...

Funtouch OS 14 launched, here's a list of vivo and iQOO smartphones eligible for the upgrade

vivo released the Android 14 beta for the vivo X90 Pro in May and announced the Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14 Preview Program for the smartphone in September. Today, vivo officially launched Funtouch OS 14 and shared a list of vivo smartphones eligible for the upgrade in India along with the timeline for the rollout of the beta version. The list...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 and Z Flip5 both get One UI 6 beta based on Android 14

It's been a while since Samsung first made One UI 6 beta available for its S-series flagships, and during all this time its foldables were kept on the sidelines. Well, not anymore. Starting today, the One UI 6 beta program, based on Android 14, is available for both the Galaxy Z Fold5 and the Galaxy Z Flip5. If you want to enroll your Fold5 or Flip5...

OnePlus Pad Go announced with 11.35” IPS LCD and Helio G99 chipset

The latest tablet entry from OnePlus is here with the OnePlus Pad Go. As an affordable Android tablet, Pad Go brings toned-down specs compared to the OnePlus Pad alongside a much more enticing starting price. OnePlus Pad Go Pad Go features an 11.35-inch IPS LCD with 1720 x 2408 px resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate and a 7:5 aspect ratio. OnePlus also...

Samsung Exynos 2400 detailed – 70% faster CPU, Xclipse 940 GPU with AMD RDNA 3 graphics

Samsung Semiconductor held its System LSI Tech Day event in San Jose, California where we got an early glimpse of the upcoming Exynos 2400 flagship mobile chipset. Exynos 2400 will likely arrive on the Galaxy S24 series, serving as a successor to Exynos 2200 with promises of a massive leap in performance. Samsung claims Exynos 2400 offers a 1.7x...

Samsung officially unveils One UI 6 with redesigned Quick panel and new font

Samsung kicked off its SDC23 (Samsung Developer Conference 2023) with a few key announcements. The biggest is One UI 6 - the next installment of Samsung's overarching software. The beta version of the software has been around for a while, but Samsung now laid out some of what to expect from the final version. One UI 6 will focus on enhanced usability...

Samsung Galaxy A15 4G pops up on Geekbench

Last month, renders of the Samsung Galaxy A15 surfaced online, showing us what the smartphone looks like. Now, the Galaxy A15 has popped up on Geekbench, revealing its key specs. We are talking about the 4G variant, having model code SM-A155F. It runs Android 14 and has 4GB RAM onboard. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core processor with a maximum...

New iPad, iPad mini, and iPad Air models coming in the next few months

Apple is currently working on a bunch of new tablets, all of which will become official in the next few months. In fact, all of them are slated to launch with a version of iPadOS 17, which means they will be released before next September, when Apple will send out iPadOS 18 to supported devices. That's not a very clear timeline at all, but what is...

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra will all have titanium frames, new rumor claims

Last month the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max launched with titanium frames instead of the stainless steel used in their predecessors. The novelty won't last long, however, if the latest rumor regarding Samsung's Galaxy S24 family pans out. According to a tipster over on X (formerly Twitter), the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra...

Stacked OnePlus 11R Solar Red launches as India exclusive

OnePlus just launched an India-exclusive 11R Solar Red version - a stacked variant of the 11R in a catching color. OnePlus touts the color as iconic to the brand. The back features grippy vegan leather with stitching on the sides. Fetching rear design aside, this is a maxed-out OnePlus 11R with 18GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, 512GB...

Samsung brings sleep apnea detection to Galaxy Watch 5 and 6 series in Korea

Samsung announced a new sleep apnea detection feature coming to Galaxy Watch models in Korea early next year. The new feature received approval from Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and will be available for the Galaxy Watch6 and Watch5 series in the Samsung Health Monitor app. With the new sleep apnea feature on Galaxy Watch series,...

OnePlus Pad Go's battery detailed

OnePlus will launch the OnePlus Pad Go on October 6, and the company has already revealed its design with a few specs, with the latest bits telling us about the tablet's battery size and charging speed. The OnePlus Pad Go will pack an 8,000 mAh battery with 33W SuperVOOC fast charging support, unlike the OnePlus Pad unveiled in February, which came...

Samsung announces SmartTag2 with new design, features and longer battery life

Following its Galaxy Fan Edition devices, Samsung announced its updated SmartTag2 device with a new more durable and versatile design, longer battery life and extended set of features. The design now incorporates a metal ring inside so it can be used for more things. One of the new functionalities of the SmartTag2 is the so-called Lost Mode. The...

iOS 17.0.3 is out to fix overheating for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

Apple has today released iOS 17.0.3, which, as the name implies, is a very small incremental update to iOS 17. Or rather, it is that if you own anything other than an iPhone 15 Pro or an iPhone 15 Pro Max. If you have either of those devices, then this is the holy grail that you've been waiting for. The cool (excuse the obvious pun) update you should...

Google Pixel 8 teardown video already available

Following months of teasers, leaks and rumors, a few hours ago Google finally made the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro fully official, and started taking pre-orders for them. And already, there's a full teardown video for the Pixel 8, coming from YouTube channel PBKreviews. The video goes into a detailed description of what you need to do in order to disassemble...

vivo V29 Pro unveiled with 2x portrait camera, Dimensity 8200 chipset

The fourth member of the V29 family is here – the vivo V29 Pro stands above the vanilla vivo V29 with an additional camera and a faster chipset. This is also an upgrade over the V27 Pro from earlier this year. What the V29 Pro has that neither of its siblings has, in fact, no other V-phone has ever had it, is the 12MP portrait camera. It has a 2x...

Gmail now has emoji reactions, for better or worse

Emoji were already almost everywhere. Everywhere, that is, except in Gmail. Would you even want your email service to provide this functionality? Well, whether you do or you don't, it's now here. Gmail is getting emoji reactions, starting on Android phones and tablets. Undoubtedly, if this proves popular, it will quickly spread to iOS and the web....

Apple iPhone 15 Pro review

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_15_pro-review-2620.p...

Oppo Find N3 specs and press render give us a good idea of what's coming

We have a photo and some specs of the Oppo Find N3 (not the Flip), courtesy of Digital Chat Station on Weibo. The Find N3 is coming soon and rumor has it, it's the China-bound version of the upcoming OnePlus Open. The render shows off the sleek frame and part of the phone's design. We're looking at the top part given that there's no USB-C port. There's...

Sharp unveils Sense8 mid-ranger with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, 50MP camera with OIS

Google Pixels have really picked up in popularity in Japan in recent quarters and while they are mostly eating into Apple’s share of the market, local brands may be worried too. With this in mind, check out the new Sharp Sense8, which just launched at JPY 62,150 (while a Pixel 7a is JPY 62,700). According to Sharp, the phone was designed primarily...

iPhone 15 Pro owners report dead NFC modules after using wireless charging in their BMWs

Apple acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max suffer from overheating issues and pointed the finger at a bug in iOS 17. A fix is in the works, but a new issue has surfaced – wireless charging might be damaging the NFC module. There are only a few isolated incidents reported for now, but it has happened often enough that it can't be ignored....

Nokia XR21 Limited Edition debuts to celebrate start of EU manufacturing

Just as promised earlier this year, HMD Global is now manufacturing 5G smartphones in Europe – more specifically in Hungary and the first phone from the assembly line is a Limited Edition Nokia XR21. HMD commissioned an initial batch of only 50 devices with a mere 30 going on open sale. Each phone will be engraved with its own unique number in the...

Android 14 October 4 release confirmed by carrier

Last we heard anything about Google's delayed release of Android 14, it was rumored to finally be dropping on the day of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro announcement - October 4. Back then, it was just a rumor. Today, it's sort of confirmed. Only sort of, because this isn't exactly an official announcement - and we're not expecting one from Google until...

Apple iPhone 15 Plus review

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_15_plus-review-2621.p...

Apple could strike a $2 billion deal for the TV rights to Formula 1 races

This February Apple launched the MLS Season Pass – a place to stream Major League Soccer, which doesn’t require an Apple TV+ subscription (thought TV+ subscribers get a discount). This was apparently quite successful (it’s credited with 1 million new subscribers hopping on board) and Cupertino is now trying to strike a similar deal and become the...

Samsung to further cut production of memory chips to stem the losses

Samsung Device Solutions (DS), the division in charge of the lucrative chip production business, posted a loss in the first quarter of this year, its first quarter in the red since 2009. Unfortunately, the rest of this year isn’t looking good either, so Samsung is slashing production targets. The operating loss in Q1 was KRW 4.6 trillion, which was...

Google Pixel 8 unboxed on video two days before the official launch

Google will unveil the new Pixel 8 series later this week (on Wednesday, October 4), but there have been so many leaks that the phones feel like they are already official. The leaks include photos of the retail package for the Pixel 8. Want to know what’s in the box? Check out this YouTube short: The video was posted by PBKreviews, a channel that...

Oppo Find N3 Flip appears on Geekbench ahead of global launch

The Find N3 Flip from Oppo made its debut in China back in late August and it’s now expected to go global soon. Ahead of that, we have the global Find N3 Flip on Geekbench with a different identifier (CPH2519) compared to the Chinese model which goes by PHT110. Oppo Find N3 Flip global unit on Geekbench Looking at the Geekbench listing, we get confirmation...

The iPhone 15 Pro Max vs Galaxy S23 Ultra drop test raises questions over titanium strength

Can we agree that drop tests are irresponsible, cruel on the phones, and amazingly viewable content? As these go, this might be the best around, featuring the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max. Both phones's rear and front glass cracked on the first drop, but while the Galaxy S23 Ultra kept accumulating small amounts of...

Apple acknowledges iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues, promises fix

It wouldn’t be a proper iPhone launch without a bit of controversy and this year there have been numerous reports of overheating iPhone 15 Pro series models. Apple has now acknowledged the issue and is actively working on a fix with an upcoming software update. We have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected....

Top 10 trending phones of week 39

The Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max extended its reign in our trending chart in week 39 and just last week it's followed by the Redmi Note 13 Pro+. The Galaxy S23 Ultra comes in third as newly announced Xiaomi 13T Pro came just short of making the podium. We then have the other member of the new duo, the vanilla 13T, placed fifth. The Samsung Galaxy A54...

Xiaomi 13 Ultra Photography Kit review

How can you make possibly the best smartphone for photography an even more capable cameraphone? Accessorize it! That's exactly what Xiaomi did for the 13 Ultra with the Photography Kit - a quirky set of accessories for the everyday phone user, but an invaluable work tool for the enthusiast photographer and videographer. What's the Photography Kit?...

Week 39 in review: Xiaomi 13T is here, iPhone 15 Pro Max overheating

As the new iPhones shipped out to buyers and reviews went live, some things became apparent about the new iPhones. The Pro Max has one hell of a camera - it ranked second on DxOMark's chart (a huge leap for an iPhone, historically), and the Pro models seem to struggle to cool down the A17 Pro chipset. According to Ming-Chi Kuo's survey, Apple made...

Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the US, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and India

It has been a week after the iPhone 15 series hit store shelves and it has been a fairly quiet week because of it. With only a few major launches, we focused mostly on older phones and their slide down the price ladder – and how they compare to the new offerings as well. Use the links below the jump to your country. USA The UK The Netherlands Germany...

Weekly poll: can the Xiaomi 13T and 13T Pro lure you in with a great value for money proposition?

The Xiaomi 13 series was strong out of the gate, but pricey too – the global versions started at €1,000 for the Xiaomi 13 (8/256GB) and €1,300 for the Xiaomi 13 Pro (12/256GB). This week saw the launch of the 13T duo – the phones are not as capable as the main 13 series, however, they are a good deal cheaper too. Xiaomi 13T The Xiaomi 13T is €650...

Weekly poll results: Tecno Phantom V Flip's low price is its biggest advantage

Slowly but surely foldables are inching towards an affordable price range. And it’s not the old flagship killer brands doing it but rather Tecno’s premium brand – the Phantom V Flip launches at ₹50,000 in India and will be €700 in Europe. This makes it the cheapest foldable yet. For comparison, the Rarz 40 is one of the most affordable flip foldables...

Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro in for review

Xiaomi made the trek to Google's Wear OS for the Watch 2 Pro and it makes for a solid smart wearable that's ready to compete with Samsung's Galaxy Watch6 Classic. What's more, Xiaomi's watch is €270 for the Bluetooth model and €330 for an LTE-ready one - Samsung's watch crosses the €400 mark. You get the watch in either Black with a fluoroelastomer...